Strong’s G4080 · Greek

πηλίκος
pēlíkos

Definition

how much (as an indefinite), i.e. in size or (figuratively) dignity

Etymology

a quantitative form (the feminine) of the base of G4225 (πού);

Where the KJV renders it

  • how great (large)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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